HU17.net Magazine issue 122 is available from Molescroft News on Woodhall Way. This week features pictures and articles, including the Longcroft School Marks Anti Bully Week, Beverley Floods, Beverley Festival of Food
Pictures sent in by Helen Baldwin, Phil Scaife and Vivian Bush showing the water that built up on the Beverley Westwood and also the River Hull at Tickton.
Homeowners in the centre of Beverley were bracing themselves for more misery as flood water flowed into the town this morning. A night of torrential rain has turned parts of the Westwood into a tumbling river, with water flowing down Beverley Golf Course
Work to reduce the risk of flooding from Beverley’s Westwood is well under way. East Riding of Yorkshire Council has been working on a two stage scheme in the area. The first stage is now complete and work on the second is due to start later this month. The scheme is just one of the 188 projects throughout the East Riding to reduce the risk of flooding. Councillor Stephen Parnaby,…
Ben Stephenson is a photographer from Walkington using Facebook and his own web site Ben publishes photographs of life in and area. Ben archive is well worth a look as it not only contains Ben’s photographs but also those taken by his father. A statement on his web site says everything “I think it’s a shame when you have hundreds of pictures packed away in shoe boxes or forgotten about…
Alan Stockdale of Instant Sandbags was in Beverley showing of the companies latest devices that protect homes from rising flood waters. As the name suggests the flagship product for the company is an instant sandbag. The Sandbag are flat packed and very light though once submerged in water they expand to a full size sandbag keeping rising waters out. For further information how these flood prevention products work please see…
MP backs residents as they push for flood protection work in Beverley Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, has backed moves by residents – whose flood devastated homes were shown around the world – to be given a greater level of protection. Pictures of homes in Beverley’s Willow Grove, with canoeists paddling past, summed up the plight of thousands across the area who were affected by the June 2007…
Yesterday evening Beverley was hit by a rain storm, these pictures were taken on Manor Road near the junction of St Mary’s Walk where the road was completely flooded, cars seemed to cope though the pedestrians had a much tougher journey home. The homes on Manor Road were some of those that were flooded badly in Beverley Floods of June 2007 and many were watching out of their windows as…
Progress on Flood Management in the East Riding Following a recent meeting with the Environment Agency, progress has now been made on the agency’s proposals for flood management in the East Riding. As a result, the council has adjourned its application for Judicial Review into the Environment Agency’s actions and the hearing listed in the High Court for today is not now taking place. The council had instigated Judicial Review…
MP Graham Stuart backs calls for major changes to the draft Flood and Water Management Bill MP for Beverley and Holderness, Graham Stuart, has backed calls for changes to be made to a draft of the Flood and Water Bill – designed to protect communities and business from floods such as those which hit the region in 2007. Today the National Flood Forum (NFF), a charitable organisation which provides support…
Just over two years since the floods in Beverley it is amazing to think that North Bar Without was impassable due to the amount of water in June 2007. These pictures show the extent of flood on York Road, Pasture Terrace & North Bar Without in Beverley East Yorkshire. Pictures by Garry Morrison Yord Road, Beverley, June 2007 North Bar Without, Beverley, June 2007 Pasture Terrace, Beverley, June 2007